The Top Movies of Thursday, August 17, 2006

		Movie	Distributor	Genre	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby	Sony Pictures	Comedy	$2,219,317	-4.93%	3,807	$583	$100,585,876	14
2	(2)	Step Up	Buena Vista	Drama	$1,901,036	+0.27%	2,467	$771	$29,580,830	7
3	(3)	World Trade Center	Paramount Pictures	Drama	$1,610,536	-7.79%	2,957	$545	$34,204,518	9
4	(4)	Barnyard: The Original Party Animals	Paramount Pictures	Comedy	$1,050,622	-5.00%	3,311	$317	$38,506,651	14
5	(5)	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Buena Vista	Adventure	$832,277	-0.53%	2,941	$283	$396,040,741	42
6	(6)	Pulse	Weinstein/Dimension	Horror	$618,254	-9.00%	2,323	$266	$11,176,099	7
7	(7)	The Descent	Lionsgate	Thriller/Suspense	$499,037	-8.92%	2,095	$238	$19,882,850	14
8	(8)	Miami Vice	Universal	Action	$477,995	-5.39%	2,659	$180	$57,425,120	21
9	(9)	Zoom	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$444,390	-3.56%	2,501	$178	$6,607,544	7
10	(10)	Monster House	Sony Pictures	Adventure	$401,038	-3.45%	2,434	$165	$65,401,588	28
11	(11)	John Tucker Must Die	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$374,234	-8.82%	2,213	$169	$37,533,331	21
12	(12)	Little Miss Sunshine	Fox Searchlight	Comedy	$355,245	+1.19%	153	$2,322	$7,081,214	23
13	(13)	The Devil Wears Prada	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$288,602	-1.85%	1,135	$254	$117,688,606	49
-	(14)	You, Me and Dupree	Universal	Comedy	$263,640	+2.53%	1,352	$195	$71,881,815	35
-	(15)	Superman Returns	Warner Bros.	Adventure	$178,271	+0.49%	750	$238	$193,317,491	51
-	(16)	My Super Ex-Girlfriend	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$43,263	-10.78%	382	$113	$21,596,208	28
-	(17)	X-Men: The Last Stand	20th Century Fox	Action	$18,976	+0.90%	219	$87	$234,051,421	84
-	(18)	Garfield's A Tail of Two Kitties	20th Century Fox	Comedy	$17,092	+0.94%	197	$87	$28,104,821	63
-	(19)	Ice Age: The Meltdown	20th Century Fox	Adventure	$6,884	-14.78%	71	$97	$195,280,719	140
-	(21)	Thank You For Smoking	Fox Searchlight	Black Comedy	$2,885	+2.93%	19	$152	$24,756,244	154
-	(20)	Water	Fox Searchlight	Drama	$2,666	-9.07%	21	$127	$3,187,407	112

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